Sisters Meal Festival 6 Days Photography Tour

Route: Hong Kong>Guiyang>Kaili

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Duration: 6 Days

Between 30th April to 5th May 2015, photographers visit Kaili and Shidong for the Sisters Meal Festival. The Miao Girls dress up and all relatives are proud to show their beautiful daughters as it is important for a young girl to be known from villlage to village. Our tour guide will pick you up from Guiyang airport and form a 6-12 people group for this once in a life time journey.

Detailed Itinerary: You will meet your tour guide at Guiyang airport and take a 3 hour drive to Kaili. Check in to your hotel and you will be free to explore Kaili at night.

Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport: Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is an 4E class airport serving Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province in southwestern China, opened on May 28, 1997 and adopted its current name on Jan 19, 2006.

Attractions & Activities:Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport

Meals:

Seleted Hotels:

Kaili Zongheng HotelDeluxe

Day 02 On May.1 (Fri) Kaili Tour

Detailed Itinerary: Start your tour with a visit to Kaili Museum. Learn some background knowledge of native ethnic minorities living in this area.

You will then be driven to Conganjiang county, where the Gejia Ethnic reside. You will take a stroll around Gejia Village.

Later you will visit Qingman and Shiqiao Village in the afternoon.Qingman Villagers are famous for tradtional embroidery making, and Shiqiao is a place where you can see rice paper making, the working process has remained the same for hundreds of years.

Gejia (Matang) Village: Matang Village, located roughly 18 kilometers north of the city of Kaili, is a Gejia ethnic minority village.
Qingman Village: Qingman Miao Village is located in the northwest of Kaili. There are more than 350 households and 1,600 more villagers.

Shiqiao Village: Shiqiao Village is a historical village known for rice paper production for hundreds of years.

Detailed Itinerary: Today's highlight is the Diaojiaolou, wind and rain bridge and the dancing party at Upper Land Village, one of the most beautifu villages in Kaili.

Later we will visit Jidao Village which is rarely known by the public, the village is very interesting.

The Village of Baika is a place famous for Lusheng production, a form of musical instrument made of bamboo. If you have chance to see a Lusheng solo, you will be amazed.

Attractions & Activities:

Meals: Hotel Breakfast,Chinese Lunch

Seleted Hotels:

Kaili Zongheng HotelDeluxe

Day 04 On May.3 (Sun) Shidong Tour

Detailed Itinerary: We will drive for 3 hours to Piantou village in Shidong. People come from every small village hidden in high mountains, by boat, by trucks, by foot, to this peninsula by Qingshui River. They will celebrate their festival in the day, and stay in tents at night.

The highlight is the 1,000 people singing and dancing ceremony in Shidong. We have to park our coach far away from the dancing place and walk 40 minute. The traffic might be a problem. Please follow the instruction of our tour guide all the time. Please remember this is a real local festival, a real open market, pay respect to local culture.

The locals are proud to show you how beautiful their daughters are after dressing up in traditional dress. Be free to take photos, prepare some sweets for children, do not try to buy any silver dressing from locals. Help us to keep the culture from generation to generation.

Please notice that we have to drive back to Kaili, because the accommodation in Shidong is not good enough for staying overnight.

Attractions & Activities:

Meals: Hotel Breakfast,Chinese Lunch

Seleted Hotels:

Kaili Zongheng HotelDeluxe

Day 05 May.4 (Mon) Shidong Tour

Detailed Itinerary: Today is the 2nd day of Sisters Meal Festival. We will choose the most interesting item on the schedule list and go! Please notice lots of outdoor activities might change due to the weather condition, and our tour guide will keep contact with local village chief for most updated informations. Please be sure your camera has enough battery and sufficent space.

We might prepare lunch box for today because of the visiting to villages.
Please notice that we have to drive back to Kaili, because the accommodation in villages is not good enough for staying overnight.

Attractions & Activities:

Meals: Hotel Breakfast,Chinese Lunch

Seleted Hotels:

Kaili Zongheng HotelDeluxe

Day 06 On May.5 (Tue) Kaili to Guiyang and depart from Guiyang

Detailed Itinerary: You will have free time till your are transferred to Guiyang airport for your flight back to your sweet home.
Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport: Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is an 4E class airport serving Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province in southwestern China, opened on May 28, 1997 and adopted its current name on Jan 19, 2006.

Attractions & Activities:Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport

Meals: Hotel Breakfast

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Inclusions

4 Chinese lunch, 5 breakfast

Escorted tour with English speaking tour guide

Land transfers by air-conditioned coach during all transfers and sightseeing.

5 night accommodation

Exclusions

Dinners

Visa fee

Air ticket and airport tax.

Personal expenses

Tipping for Tour guide and Driver

Luggage handing tipping at hotel

Remarks

* Fixed departure tour. Fixed pickup from Guiyang airport on 30 April, 2015. Group size from 6 persons up.
* The highlight is the 1,000 people dancing party on 3 May, 2015. It is an outdoor activity, it might be changed to another day due to weather condition.
* Compulsory Tipping (Child & Adult): USD50/Person/Trip
* The group size is 2 to 6 persons
* If only 2 perosns sign up: Please pay 4788 + 1500 extra = RMB6288 per person
* If only 3 perosns sign up: Please pay 4788 + 800 extra = RMB5588 per person
* If only 4 perosns sign up: Please pay 4788 + 400 extra = RMB5188 per person
* If only 5 perosns sign up: Please pay 4788 + 200 extra = RMB4988 per person
* Deposit and Balance: The deposit is RMB1000 per person due on March 31.
* The balance is due on April 5.
* The deposit and balance is no refund if you cancel your booking.

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